Scholarship Established for The Oakwood School
The Oakwood School is pleased to announce that the Bill and Agnes Monk Family Foundation has established an endowment to provide four tuition scholarships to The Oakwood School. The Monk Family Scholarship is being established in memory of longtime friends of the school, the late Bill and Agnes Monk of Farmville, who loved and supported the community for decades.
The Monk Family Scholarship is a $10,000 yearly scholarship that will be awarded beginning this spring for the upcoming 2019-20 school year and annually thereafter. The scholarship is open to all families of new rising 9th through 12th grade students in Pitt County and surrounding counties, with particular emphasis on Farmville and neighboring communities. Each student must successfully complete Oakwood's admissions and financial assistance applications by Friday, March 1 and participate in a panel interview and essay event on Saturday, March 30.
Selection criteria is based on exhibiting merit qualities that reflect Oakwood's Portrait of a Graduate including character, integrity, service, academic achievement, leadership, inspiration and extracurricular involvement, and demonstrating financial need.
Head of School Dan Quesnel commented, "The Oakwood School is eternally grateful to the Monk family. Their belief in our mission 'to instill the strength of character, creativity, and wisdom to make a difference in the world' has made an impact over the years and set an example of philanthropic support for future generations of Oakwood students." For more information, The Oakwood School will host an Admissions Open House for rising PreK to 12 students on Wednesday February 6, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the school. You may also contact Oakwood for a private tour.
The Oakwood School is now accepting applications for rising PreK to 12 students as well as applications for the 2019-20 Monk Family Scholarship. For more information, please contact Kelly Robbins, Director of Admissions, at (252) 931-0760 ext 1103, email krobbins@theoakwoodschool.org, and visit www.TheOakwoodSchool.org. The Oakwood School is conveniently located near Vidant Hospital at 4000 McGregor Downs Road in Greenville.